The Olivar Is Not a Closed Topic

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The case of El Olivar, in Viña del Mar, is often considered as an exclusionary disjunctive: demolishing or repairing, security or housing certainty. This antagonistic logic, however, impoverishes the problem and postpones those who expect the most: families affected by the megafire.From architecture and design we know that dilemmas that seem closed rarely are. Projectual creativity is neither ornament nor mere formal ingenuity: it is a rigorous …